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EP 0 427 968 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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14.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/42 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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22.05.1991 Bulletin 1991/21 |
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Date of filing: 15.10.1990 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
16.10.1989 US 421961
16.10.1989 US 421641
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Applicant: Alberto-Culver Company |
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Melrose Park
Illinois 60610 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Pallone, Thomas J.
South Barrington, IL 60010 (US)
- Alania, Larry J.
Naperville, IL 60540 (US)
- Weber, William C., Jr.
Naperville, IL 60540 (US)
- Farmer, Robert F.
Barrington, IL 60010 (US)
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Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey,
Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Anwaltssozietät |
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Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE) |
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The title of the invention has been amended (Guidelines for Examination in the EPO,
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Method for removing particulate matter from fabric |
(57) A method and aerosol preparations are provided for removing lint, hair, and other
particulate matter from fabric articles such as clothing, upholstery, or draperies.
A specially formulated sprayable aerosol adhesive composition is applied to flexible
sheet material, such as a paper towel, so as to splatter the surface of the sheet
with tacky adherent globules of a tackified or plasticized resin without forming a
continuous coating on the surface. The sprayed surface of the sheet is ready within
30 seconds for contacting with the fabric from which the particulate matter is to
be removed.